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What was once thought of as a championship team was nothing more than a figment of our imagination, as we watched the 2017 Giants crumble from the North, South, East, and West. Alas, Week 17 couldn’t arrive soon enough and us Giants fans went right into full draft mode, as an uncommon reality materialized into…

In the Building Blocks series, writers from Inside the Pylon will discuss the current roster of those teams on the outside looking in of playoff contention in 2017. In a roundtable format, the writers will talk about what players currently look like keepers for the long term, with the potential for being key contributors to…

In 2015 the New York Giants were eighth in yards-per-game with 372.0 and sixth in points-per-game with 26.2 with Ben McAdoo as their offensive coordinator. However, after finishing 6-10 for the second consecutive season, ownership decided that it was best for the team to part ways with long-time head coach Tom Coughlin. With their offense…

Every season there are good players who get overlooked or are undervalued across the NFL. As we approach the regular season, Brandon Thorn will look at players who are not getting the appropriate level of attention from big media – or even smaller entities – and put them under the microscope to evaluate their skills and…

The proliferation of the evaluation of football players can be seen across the internet. Draft profiles, rankings, and play breakdowns all critique players with incomplete information, but those evaluations can still be worthwhile despite the protests of some within the game. Sean Cottrell explains the importance of understanding perspective and gravity in football evaluation. NFL and college…

The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the New York Giants team needs are. These reports were compiled…

Brandon Thorn, from The Football Educator, and Duke Manyweather guest write on Inside the Pylon to release their 2015 All-Underrated Offensive Line Team and to hand out awards for excellent blocks executed this season. Offensive linemen are the most overlooked and important position group on the football field. The general public typically notices offensive line play…

Value is a term thrown around in football constantly. In this latest installment of his series on how much teams value their players, such as quarterbacks and running backs, Dave Archibald looks at the offensive line. Coaches talk about the importance of winning the battles at the line of scrimmage often, but do they invest accordingly?…

Brandon Thorn, from The Football Educator, guest writes this week to discuss how the 2015 New York Giants OL are the unsung heroes so far this season for head coach Tom Coughlin’s squad. The purpose of this breakdown is to put a microscope on the offensive line, or as I affectionately refer to them as: the…

Each week, Mark Schofield watches a lot of tape. This makes him a force to be reckoned with in fantasy football, as he always knows who to sit and who to start. This week he looks at the Washington defense ‒ and how Terrance “Pot Roast” Knighton is an IDP superstar. Here is a secret…

With the regular season around the corner, Inside The Pylon reached out to former NFL scout and current Scouting Academy director Dan Hatman for a cheat sheet on who the pros are keeping an eye on – and who may be in danger of losing his job. Here, he identifies which NFC East players to watch in 2015. Dallas Cowboys…

Confidence is an NFL gambling preview, using advanced statistics, matchup analysis and other metrics to create predictions readers can use at their discretion. Since you clicked here you must have at least a scintilla of interest in looking at the game from the shark tank, so to speak. Introductions are so 20th century. Just call…